Xmas with the MPAA and RIAA
p2pnet.net News:- Christmas is almost here, so that means it’s Bah Humbug time for the movie and music cartels as they team up for their annual Christmas blitz.
And that’s their description, not ours.
Instead of dreaming up ways to woo music and movie lovers by, say, offering them decent, affordable product, the MPAA and RAA are going on another rampage.
They’re, "embarking on the Holiday Blitz with twin goals in mind," they say disingenuously, "protecting holiday shoppers from purchasing illegal copies of their favorite movies and music and defending movie studios and the recording industry against the loss of crucial holiday sales, especially those from newly released – or even not-yet released – titles," say the two in a joint press release.
Of course, customers have zip to do with anything. The campaign is wholly self-serving, and substantial quantities of counterfeit material end up online or on the streets thanks entirely to the efforts of greedy Hollywood insiders who can’t resist a quick buck.
Meanwhile, your already less than pleasurable cinema experience is likely to be further marred by ushers with night-vision goggles who are being paid hefty bounties to nail anyone who looks as though they might be surreptitiously filming a show.
And as far as the Big Four Organized Music gang is concerned, "online investigators" will be busily surfing the p2p networks, looking for trouble.
"The MPAA and the RIAA are working to assist local law enforcement in metropolitan cities in 11 targeted states," say the two so-called ‘trade’ associations.
Translated, that means instead of looking after the taxpayers who fund them, local police and other agencies will be working as unpaid corporate copyright cops.
Humbug, anyone?
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November 24th, 2006 at 1:09 am
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November 24th, 2006 at 4:20 am
What do these spammer yoyos possibly be thinking of? I’m not going to click on a link like this. No telling what you get besides exposure to ads. Further I would not dream of rewarding someone who has caused me personally so much hassles with posting a post. Where before I could just submit the post, now I have to go through the verification bs. just because of their actions.
These yoyos are wasting their and my time. Jon, find some way to locate and terminate these spammers. Surely there is some legal resource for protection of the net that could identify and reward them with their just deserts (like some serious jail time).
November 24th, 2006 at 7:03 am
so much for the verification box.
November 24th, 2006 at 8:55 am
This is what I see, normally, when there are spam posts. A set of symbols, with or without some recognizable words, often looking like…
@$@^^^:::::*$#%@!!!^%@@
So, could it bee possible to block this shit by means of detecting a higher than normal use of those characters, and just filter them out. Everyone uses those charcters, but not that much, so it’s like a no brainer filter, just a thought.
Now, there’s always the chance that I am seeing those characters, because those posts were made in a language other than English, and I haven’t enabled multiple language support for my browser.
November 24th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
I see you’ve been spam-killing, Jon.
November 24th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Yup. It’s a pain in the ass, having to do it by hand, but …..
Cheers!